Friday, September 22, 2006

Slackware 11.0 RSN -- 11:18 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

I saw in the Slackware -current directory that there is an ANNOUNCE.11_0 file created so it looks like Slackware Linux 11.0 could be here any moment. In the meantime, I am downloading an unofficial RC5 DVD ISO from slackware.no. If there are any changes, I expect them to be trivial. Then I can download the real release DVD ISO once the mirrors aren't bursting into flames anymore. Joy!

Did You Hear an Anvil Drop? -- 10:19 am CST, Update by The Master

Check this out. Groklaw has posted the comparative list of Novell's new ammeded complaint against SCO, and I am impressed. Novell has selected an amazing group of lawyers, who have managed to find a way to take away the money SCO is using to fight their nasty war vs. IBM and Linux. Nice moves :-)

A.T. Hun comments: And this has been going on how long now? It's good to see that all parties involved are going for the jugular instead of buying out SCO or anything like that. Hopefully this will be a lesson well learned . . . but I doubt it.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

M$ Shreds Your Rights -- 11:32 am CST, Update by The Master

I'm not normally a big fan of Inquirer articles, but this one is good: Microsoft Media Player shreds your rights. He gets a bit violent, but considering the nasty turn of events in Microsoft's kissing up to the big media companies, I think he's got a right to it.

A.T. Hun comments: MS is the modern-day Shylock; they will get their pound of flesh no matter what. Since they already dominate the OS market, they have to look to new sources of revenue. There's no better racket than this. I'm all for artists making money. I'm not in favor of the record companies being able to charge you multiple times for music you already legally bought. Of course, if you fail to play their game, they will sue you and you will have little recourse. I have bitched to my Senators about this, but Herb Kohl in particular doesn't seem to care. It's hard to get a multi-millionaire to understand the life of the common working man.

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